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Vietnam War
Study Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| If one nation becomes Communist, nearby countries will also fall to communism. | Domino theory |
| The Vietcong was a group of North Vietnamese that fought in South Vietnam against... | US |
| What did Kennidy intend to do by establishing the Peace Corps? | Help developing countries by digging wells and schools |
| This was built to separate East and West Berlin in Germany and stood for nearly 3 decades | Berlin Wall |
| What countries were in a space race? | US and SU |
| Who was the first person to travel into space? | Russian Yuri Gagarin |
| Who was the first person to walk on the moon? | Neil Armstrong |
| Who was leading the North Vietnamese that promoted communism that later had a city named after him in South Vietnam? | Ho Chi Minh |
| After gunfire, was exchanged in the Gulf of Tonkin, he gave the president the authority to take all necessary measures to repel any army attack against the forces of the US leading Johnson to expand US role in Vietnam to stop communism spread | Tonkin Gulf Resolution |
| A surprise attack all over South Vietnam launched by North Vietnam when there was SUPPOSED to be a cease-fire due to Vietnam New Years | Tet Offensive |
| Americans were divided over their opinions on US involvement in Vietnam War. The supporters for the war were called... | Hawks |
| Due to the mistrust in government officials, the ___ ___ Act was passed which required the president to ger congressional approval before committing US troops to an armed struggle | War Powers |
| In the new election, they tried to appeal to young people that were against the war. The __________ Amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 Nixon won a second term. | 26th |
| Antiwar feelings continued to grow, and a secret government document was published reveling that US officials had been lying to the American public about the progress of the war for years these documents were known as the _____ | Pentagon Papers |
| the plan was to pull US troops from Vietnam and have the South Vietnamese take over all the fighting in the war in Vietnam. This strategy was known as what? | Vietnamization |
| Who won the presidential election after Johnson |